lightning struck a neighbor's house and traveled to mine, which killed both my computer tower and the modem. the modem's dealt with who cares but my computer has been down since last monday; hopefully things will be fixed come tomorrow or this weekend.

in general the end of july has sucked complete ass for my family so if you'd like to send a bit of support. here is a ko-fi goal to make things easier (cat food has already been purchased which is great)